Grade 6-9 Curriculum RenewalBig Ideas - Broad Areas of Learning, Cross Curricular Competencies, Inquiry teaching for Deeper Understanding, Outcomes and Indicators, First Nations, Inuit and Metis Perspectives. The document is finished and available to print on the Ministry of Education website.
GOALS:
1) C/P - Creative Productive - students inquire, compose, create, reflect & communicate through dance, drama, music and visual art. 2) C/H - Cultural Historical - students investigate the content and aesthetics of the arts within cultural, historical and contemporary contexts and understand the connection between the arts and human experience. 3) C/R - Critical Responsive - students respond to artistic expressions of Saskatchewan, Canadian and international artists using critical thinking, research, and collaborative INQUIRY to infer and comprehend meanings.
ON-LINE LINKS AND RESOURCES GRADE 6-9 ARTS EDUCATION THEMES:
Grade 6 - Identity
Grade 7 - Place ArtSask.ca- art all relating to "place" Great Canadian Song Quest - cbc.ca has a song for each province and territory in Canada!
Grade 8 - Social Issues
Artist Chris Jordan - watch this video clip from Ted.com and find out how artist Chris Jordan uses photography to talk about consumer consumption based on statistics. Worldbeat - global education resource
Grade 9 - Taking Action
***For access to the RCSD Curriculum Renewal Wikispace for all Core Subject Areas, click here.
6-9 Arts Ed Curriculum Revision Powerpoint.ppt
GOALS:
1) C/P - Creative Productive - students inquire, compose, create, reflect & communicate through dance, drama, music and visual art.
2) C/H - Cultural Historical - students investigate the content and aesthetics of the arts within cultural, historical and contemporary contexts and understand the connection between the arts and human experience.
3) C/R - Critical Responsive - students respond to artistic expressions of Saskatchewan, Canadian and international artists using critical thinking, research, and collaborative INQUIRY to infer and comprehend meanings.
At a Glance_Arts Ed by Grade 6 to 91.doc
An excellent 5-page format that lists the outcomes and indicators for grade 6-9 art, music, drama and dance.
ON-LINE LINKS AND RESOURCES GRADE 6-9 ARTS EDUCATION THEMES:
Grade 6 - Identity
Grade 7 - Place
ArtSask.ca- art all relating to "place"
Great Canadian Song Quest - cbc.ca has a song for each province and territory in Canada!
Grade 8 - Social Issues
Artist Chris Jordan - watch this video clip from Ted.com and find out how artist Chris Jordan uses photography to talk about consumer consumption based on statistics.
Worldbeat - global education resource
Grade 9 - Taking Action
***For access to the RCSD Curriculum Renewal Wikispace for all Core Subject Areas, click here.